On Some Problems of Variable Population Poverty Comparisons

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Subramanian, S., Hassoun, N.

Abstract

This paper demonstrates that the property of 'replication invariance', generally considered to be an innocuous requirement for the extension of fixed-population poverty comparisons to variable-population contexts, is incompatible with other plausible variable- and fixed-population axioms.

Citation

Hassoun, N.; Subramanian, S. On Some Problems of Variable Population Poverty Comparisons. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2010) 10 pp. ISBN 978-92-9230-309-9 [WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/71]

On Some Problems of Variable Population Poverty Comparisons

Published 1 January 2010
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